Rural Food Access Toolkit

Welcome to the Rural Food Access Toolkit. This toolkit compiles evidence-based and promising
models and resources to support organizations implementing food access programs in rural communities across the
United States.

The modules in the toolkit contain resources and information focused on developing, implementing, evaluating,
and sustaining rural food access and food security programs. There are more resources on general community
health strategies available in the Rural Community Health Toolkit.

Module 1: Introduction
Overview of healthy food access in the U.S. and unique challenges faced by rural communities.

The Rural Health Information Hub is supported by the Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
under Grant Number U56RH05539 (Rural Assistance Center for Federal Office of Rural Health
Policy Cooperative Agreement). Any information, content, or conclusions on this website are
those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor
should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.